Gayathiri Iyer

Gayathiri Iyer
Born	Gayathiri Iyer 16 June 1983 Thirunelveli, Tamilnadu, India [1]
Other names	Urmila Gayathri [1]
Occupation(s)	Actress, model
Years active	2012–present

Gayathiri Venkatagiri (also known as Gayathri Iyer) ^{[1] [2]} is an Indian actress and model who has acted in Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Bengali films and Hindi television.

Personal life and career

She is from Tamilnadu, and was bought up in Kochi, Kerala.

Her first notable film in Kannada was Namo Bhootatma , a remake of the Tamil film Yaamirukka Bayamey , produced by Eldred Kumar of RS Infotainment and starred Komal and Harish Raj as the male leads. Namo Bhootatma ran for 100 days in Karnataka and was well received by the audience. ^[3]

Iyer's next release was Ouija in Kannada by Vega Entertainment which was filmed in Malaysia and parts of Bangalore and Hyderabad. ^{[4] [5]} It starred Shraddha Das, Madhuri Itagi, Sayaji Shinde and Bharath. ^[6] She made her television debut in Ekta Kapoor's serial Haiwaan : The Monster and was praised for portraying her natural evil look on camera.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Language	Ref.
2011	Shravana	Kala	Kannada	[7]
2012	Six	Tripura	Telugu
2013	Shrishti		Bengali	[8]
2014	Ninaivil Nindraval		Tamil
	Namo Boothatma		Kannada	[9]
2015	Ouija	Kshetra		[10] [11] [12]
	Tyson			[13]
2016	Jaggu Dada			[14]
	Meow	Sughana	Tamil	[15]
2017	Ryde		English	[16]
2018	Raid	Mukta Yadav	Hindi	[17] [18]
2019	Ghost	Barkha Khanna
2023	Parundhaaguthu Oor Kuruvi	Yamini	Tamil
2025	Bazooka		Malayalam	[19]

Television

Year	Serial	Role	Notes
2019	Haiwaan : The Monster	Jiyana "Jiya" Garewal
2022	Naagin 6	Reem Kataria

References

1. Mohammed, Waseem (5 November 2015). "If you are fluent in Kannada, you are loved in Sandalwood". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 10 November 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
2. Pasupulate, Karthik (8 October 2012). "Gayatri Iyer, the new girl on the block". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 1 April 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
3. "Namo Bhootatma is a big Surpirse for me Gayatri Iyer". moviemint.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
4. "Gayathri has a special connection with horror films". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
5. "Risk lurks beyond glitz". Bangalore Mirror . Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
6. "Ouija Movie Shooting Experience by Urmila Gayathri". itimes.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
7. "Vijay Raghavendra returns with Shravana". Rediff.
8. "Sikkimese Actor Uttam Pradhan in Bengali Film "Shristi"". March 2014. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
9. "Namo Boothatma". vijaykarnatakaepaper.com. 14 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
10. "When girls sabotaged Bharath's scenes". The Times of India . November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
11. "Ouija Kannada/Telugu movie". Archived from the original on 8 November 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
12. "Gayathri Wants to be Studious in Filmdom". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 11 May 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
13. "Gayathri Enters Commercial Cinema With Vinod Prabhakar's "Tyson"". Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
14. "Injury Can't Stop Gayathri". The New Indian Express . Archived from the original on 15 November 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
15. "Meow Movie Review {2/5}: Critic Review of Meow by Times of India". The Times of India .
16. "Gayathri Looks To Shine At Home". Deccan Chronicle. 14 January 2015. Archived from the original on 28 July 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
17. "Ajay Devgn is a prankster: Raid actress Gayathiri Iyer recalls working with the star". Deccan Chronicle. 14 January 2018. Archived from the original on 14 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
18. "Model-turned-actress Gayathri Iyer gets big break in Bollywood". The New Indian Express. 9 January 2018. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
19. "Bazooka trailer: Mammootty, Gautham Vasudev join forces to nab 'daredevil antagonist'. Watch". The Indian Express. 9 April 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.